Contradictions in Lapita pottery, a composite clone

Antiquity

Volumn 71, Issue 273, 1997, Pages 525-538

  Ambrose, W R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0000604930     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00085306     Document Type: Article

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